Diary September 29, 1915

09-1915, Diary WWI, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

Townshend's cavalry — Townshend’s cavalry on the way to Kut-el-Amara.

Diary for Wednesday, September 29, 1915:

Middle East

Mesopotamia: Townshend’s cavalry occupy Kut but ships stuck in falling river for two days.

Western Front

Flanders: Germans capture British trenches at Hooge, but next day BEF recaptures most back.
Artois: French briefly capture Vimy crest for third time.
Champagne: Germans retake Tantes trench in their second line.

Eastern Front

German Niemenarmee is now Eighth Army, original disbanded.

Sea War

North Sea: Harwich Force sweeps to Jutland Bank, sinks or captures 14 German fishing trawlers (until October 1). Another 15 trawlers captured by October 7; 12 of them sent to Dardanelles and Suez.

Politics

Greece: Prime Minister Venizelos proposes simultaneous Greco-Bulgar demobilization.

Home Fronts

Russia: Interior Minister Prince Shcherbatov (resigns November 19) witnesses unprecedented disorderliness among 2,500 convalescing wounded at Orsha.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.